298 Jo Lani ary
Senin of cing cal bop ews rd tengo mate some eon
‘ont ros
21-0 Pal nd Pili Salle Meine 8) which mae wh ety
tiene he "emer pension wc we a ene odin, fe?
‘muni oot hp Te snes seco mre enna ada
ltd by Alen Wan
ost ee, 1983)
_essade them oe, get out of hat dim pace. The ater on te contrary —
for i no a mane of simple oppsiton, or of simplifying syne)
are intersted in making them go back tere preely where they ae where
‘hey dst know how wo find themselves fr they thought themsetes cus
| and itis tre they had been comemplaing the good, the tru and the beat
‘fora long cme Bue at what pie and atx rea of what ignorance alae 0
ecognize or repress, compromise, deine, sulimason? Like Pao, he ures
‘hem to consider the sparta to overcome thet retancs, fo look + hile
_more closely at wat is coming into focus on the som, theater scene: The
tes scene? What brings the two together apd separates them? For both sn
the chest, ae sf, rght sie the master loge, the valet ores. Bat
the fist scene would sem to be the second ctr scene. I b's quron of
tn in the final nasi, ot ee: "the fle to seconize has moved 0 the
_ eb in Commi i 2s eed Co Ohi Fl 978.
hfe Reyne pref bean sn sen sed pf Cone300 Joo-Lonis Bay
cer side” Both disinguish Berean wo scenes, oF oxo paces posing or
nirontng.ne another one dominating the ox. These ae the ee ese
{hey det espond pint by pont, although, in may reper, we who come
fc Fre would ot be util in superimposing mae o os gross the
Solr sone whee the pibsopher& a fs dari, inde bythe good, on
the see ofthe conscis and ts wellmemingexiis—we whe tx elt
ofthis very discovery ofthe nconsis or of he ter sce cold be induced
toinerpret the move the ex, stenson anne ding of he plosopber
in totally diferent mane. “Suppose ove of them wee st fee and forced
Sly to std up, tm his end and walk wi yeild to the Hight all
thee movements woul! be pi, od he would be roo dae to make oat
tbe objet. Andie were frat to ook a the ficight ioe woud not
his eyes ach, s hat he would ryt escape and eam bad ode things which
Ie could see sind?” But the plionoperk ce could cetinly oe be
superimposed ono that thr see, the coe ofthe consis That resins
to be seen For we ae ding here with an appatus wih a meaphorial
reatonship berween places or elanship between metaphor places with,
"topography the knowlege of which defines fr both plop and ana
the dope of sationship to rut orto description, o illo, andthe need
foram ec poi of ve
‘So you se, we eum other, othe experiencing subjes (could sa,
forte subst who i fet or who is ace the mpesion of ay. Ad one
could naively wonder why. sete two a Half ound years ax i by
trans ofan ope maaphor—of sn op construc which signs em er
‘erm the cnematogapieapparas—thu the plone exposes mans cone
‘dion and the distance that separaca Hine fom "ru realty why
again precy by main ofan opal mexpiir das Peal dhe begining
sda theendoftis wring resto acount forthe arrangement of te pce
‘paras, fore facing ofthe Unconscios and forth apport mp
‘Ghrscos-Unconsius Chapter 7 of he Tumdoing
Wats psu ow in thee word ihe eof pial oy {sal ny
step ot tht he melas Wh wh eae ome so Kove
‘erin tefoem ofan atom repraon se Taal efile epson
‘odeerminepccalbalty nan aos shoe [allman open oyeopeal
frond, sod propa lyr low te vggenn tr we el Four te
[Ssmumene whith cis cate nel nos tembling Cope rrcpe
ts orogrne spares omen ft Lin On aban pychl ey
‘rileorepondto pncnce tespuis wich co ete pede ages of
{image comes ino being Ine mierope and chacpe, wen hak Oa
[tate pins repo i whi ogi comgne he spat ed
{eeno meet to ni the npr sro) sat agery™
lowever imperfect shit comparon may be, Feud takes cup again forty
‘year tr atte very being ofthe Ais “We neat poy He
The Apponte 304
the faction of an apparatus to which we stitute a spatl extension which i
‘made up of several para We imagine ke nd of escape or microscope
for some similar device” Freud docs mention cma. But tht is beeate
‘hema is already 10 techvologiealy determined an sppaits for desing
the psychical apparatus as 2 whole. In 1913, however, Lou Andréxs Salome
remuvied: “Why i i that nema has been of no we ou ana)? To the
umerous argument that could be avanced 0 save fe fr thie Clade of
the arse conecpion of a, sew pychologialconsderstons should be
added. Fist, dat the cinematographic eehnigue is dhe only one that makes
posible « stcssion of images rapid enough to rouily chrespond fo our
faulty for producing mental images. Furthermore” she concladey “ths pro-
‘ies fod for refetion stout che impact film cou ave in the fre for cat
frychicl make-up" Clatly Salome seems ro envision + very enigmatic atk,
tks we ve misunderstood her. Does she mean that fl msy bear some
‘sot of hikes tothe psychical apparats tha, fr hs reason, i ould be of
lnverest to hove who, Bees of ts dec elation to dr pactice, ae imme
ial affected bya theoiton of pyeal operation inked tothe discovery
‘ofthe Unconscious? Andis it oe the appara the cinematographic procs
‘self rather than the content of images—that is the flen—wtich i unde
Scrutiny here? She only points ou dat there might be cotespondences betwen
‘Shematogrphic technique and ou ability to produce meatal images. Hut thre
tne many aspects of film technique, many diferent cancion from the
recoring ofthe images to thei reproduction —an ene process which we have
famed ewer the ha demaerplicappant And etic techni
fonstruc—f only as eximpes and metaphor—sboul hive intecited Fred,
‘Sc the maior purpose of metapychnogsea research is to comprehend ant
Aheoreealyconert devices capable of recording traces, memory trace and
‘of retoeng them inthe form of repesenestion. He adn the concep of the
“magic wring pad” (which be sabes forthe epi metaphor fo whi
he ter returs) s mising something: the possi of estoring inscribed
trac by using specific memory mechanisms which re excel consid
by living mater bur which a certain umber of tecnica nventons of the ime
sey mimic the phonograph and cnems, pecsay. The advange of the
Iagie wring pa that since the extemal surface doer ean a ace Of
{he inscriptions ics bs sited to illseate the system Percepten- Cons
in addition, the waxy substance inside peers superimposed ad to some
feet associa, the diferent traces which have nib themselves doug
fut te, preserves them fom whist could be called histori scclens Ob
owl nothing preven the sme thing fom applying to the mater of the
record ort the film stock ofthe film foe tht such sepreaction would be
‘onfsing and indecipherable ows: the insepion Follows ber rack which
‘se orgmnsed acotding to other prince than dove of ianimate mate,
Yet there is something there Which should capete our tetion: the doable‘The Appts 308,
{his nt coma, aps i wi, th depraon of movement which was
{pond on then ily da nto bon ch sed 0 mach at
fie dposiony cen hem oth pe at hypo my whee
| they ae td topper ths tmmobiy aera este nil ert
fh sees it yf mf no» Kd of spo at et to crib
Be compalcn wo op, the tent forme onion. The we hangs
‘ke tat in Po? 1 ot ues it co hs pot evel
pon anyth Gom the spec pepe of te ering spurns
Ferd immobiy is undead tlie rpemen fre demon!
Ecrpsn the Pes nals the mam condo: the cote frig
| ind ale conceptions beth Torin by Pa
a i ed gh ot Ga ge oe
secure 2 ita 0 eno sho we Eno
epee the portal tate and ven intertrine exitencsHt thi rt the
- Inunoblcy that the visor tothe dm Spice rediscover, leaning back int his
chal It might even be aed thatthe spectators immobility s characters of
the fic appara whl. The pone’ aks cnrsjond fon acta
(Sy DETER cio sn Place de tesco dat
foul neon infu on isi bavi, and woul bes determining tor
in the prac’ rtance to braking voy ftom these of ison. “He
tight be required ence more to deter his opinion en thor sadn.
__Srnpeiion ith the rion ho tnd never bes ese ty Cod
| layluns onthe man who wes eying 0 een ee and ad bem uy hey
‘youl kil hin Dos be mean dh immobility comtius« reesary if mot
“tie ceodon fr the pruners cedoty at rons one of th
fae of the ste of conan whch thy hve ben town ad which
‘aks tena ages nd sda fhe ea do want sac Pst
_ayumenc oo fi, een iT am tying to make hs myih mein more tn
_Setly sy Dut owen hs undground br ey Fave teen Foe
tlie by he gan alo by he eck, hat thy cnn or and
for nly wha sn Gon of hem, brane the cnn wl at te a
er be"[ny empha}. Than ts he move pr ey
‘M2 JemLowis Bory
place ofthe subject (conmtnte on the one hand by the sytem perception =
‘Consdous charcteczed by the tamscence,socusvenss, and mobilty of
prrrpions and reprenzations onthe oer by Unconscious system tac!
Ensceptons characterized by permanen) finds isef once more widhin an
Healt perspective considerably displaced with respect to the unconscions in
Pla. Bocas we have lame ffm Marx, dees ofen ata hidden for ot
in deaism, a teuth whit belongs to materialism, bu which mates can
‘aly discover after many detours and delays—~a hidden or dss wa. I
Pato, something haut che subject; something belboes htm and determines
as condon (ould te the pressure of thes" As Fr Freud he sue
whic Pato describes, the pitoner inthe cases deceived (is whole theme of
the msaken subject which ans though the history of plultep) be i the
prey of illusions, and, as for Fead, these isons ae but distortions nd
“symptoms (radasions, the idealist woud sy-—and admit this changes every.
‘hing of whats happening someuhere dee Even though Less ake the place
‘ofthe Unconscious fr him, Plo confronts problem egivalent that which
atfirst preoceupics readin hs mcupsychologal esearch and which, preci
‘the cave myths presumed to resolve: the mans, the access fom one place
nother, slong withthe ensuing dizorsons. Dito prone the victim of 3
tops ds ot nd ca nn psy eorespond cc
Fre ad uy, atough nay be resin to sw wae dpc
‘ro om ne yerto te ce con ray fx Po cbt dost
“respond wh lr Fors moreno Sc wa
Stole onthe er pcepersdaouce ne oi swe
Frock, yi yet eee wan he on be comscoly wae
Asa maroc wok cs ta Pa intro ein ean
the act ffom one place to ante and vo demons, eves take
towed whore lant wes eur dt onc wah eth wold
iti o tos pps ta oes meray eve ke roel
Carbs miu mode of operaion the coeeiopphse apne and te
Stetson
ir worth ecening the dscspton ofthe cave om thi
Free gnc, oteneon snp chamber wa on nance | Sslgunn ot projet ao te walle oth eave inGon of em
pense lg tu to coal tig up At Po pots ou fer on
Pio space! Fe emphases the elke of he stmouning dates on he
‘Philosopher after his sojonm in the outside world. To his companions he will —
5 a Speer lind, ch nd sod hecho ok |
nage They willbe aero coufdccetn him nthe re prison
spears re see sl, pons boos mills nae wo mae
Besant or priya! Wt at hy ar ae, bd, ey wou
‘lene to eve ae where they wands obey would hy sat
‘that they might put to death anyone trying to lead them out, In other words,
‘Phito sys nothing about the quality ofthe image two-dimensional space
suited to the representation of depth produced by the images of objets? Ade
__ ey heya fi snd bt thr moves esse fe, Supe
postions and allow us perhaps to sume that they are moving
ng ferent planes Hower, Pato all the projector to mind. He dese
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